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Meet the Opeloges: Samoa's first family of weightlifting

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The Opeloge family is sporting royalty in Samoa. 10 of the 12 Opeloge siblings have gone on to represent Samoa in international weightlifting competitions, bringing home six Commonwealth Games medals, a gold medal at the Junior World Championships, numerous Oceania and Pacific Games titles and an Olympic silver medal in 2008.

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